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Opinion: Why isn’t the House Judiciary Committee investigating red flags about Clarence Thomas?0
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- July 5, 2026
Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of the daily SiriusXM radio program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” follow him @DeanObeidallah@masto.ai. The opinions expressed in this comment are his own. View more opinion on CNN. On Monday, the GOP-controlled House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan, an ally of Donald Trump, will
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Opinion: How Sudan went from revolution to civil war 0
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- July 4, 2026
Editor’s note: Justin Lynch is a researcher and analyst in Washington, DC. He is co-author of the book “Sudan’s unfinished democracy.” The opinions expressed here are his own. read more opinion on CNN. Four years ago, almost exactly, the people of Sudan were celebrating a revolution after overthrowing dictator Omar al-Bashir. Now the East African
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China’s GDP: economy shakes off Covid legacy and grows 4.5% in first quarter 0
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- July 4, 2026
Hong Kong — China’s economy got off to a strong start in 2023, as consumers went on a spending spree after three years of strict pandemic restrictions ended. Gross domestic product grew 4.5% in the first quarter compared to the previous year, the National Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. That beat the estimate of 4%
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Opinion: Mifepristone saved my life 0
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- July 4, 2026
Editor’s note: Roxanne Jones, founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and former vice president of ESPN, has been a producer, reporter and editor for the New York Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Jones is co-author of “Say It Out Loud: An Illustrated History of the Black Athlete.” He speaks weekly about politics, sports and
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McCurtain County, Oklahoma, recording: Governor calls on officials to resign over recording of racist and threatening remarks 0
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- June 19, 2026
The governor of Oklahoma is calling on four McCurtain County officials to resign after they allegedly participated in a secretly recorded conversation that included racist remarks about lynching Black people and talking about killing journalists. The McCurtain Gazette-News over the weekend published the audio it said was recorded following a Board of Commissioners meeting on
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Two Russians claiming to be former Wagner commanders admit killing children and civilians in Ukraine 0
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- June 7, 2026
Two Russian men who claim to be former Wagner Group commanders have told a human rights activist that they killed children and civilians during their time in Ukraine. The claims were made in video interviews with Gulagu.net, a human rights organization targeting corruption and torture in Russia. In the video interviews posted online, former Russian
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